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The Eight
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SANYODO - The
Eight Roads of KOTO |
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NAGATO
With the failure of the Southern Court, CHIKUZEN smiths brought
SA teachings to AKI, HIZEN (HIRADO SA), CHIKUGO (OISHI SA) and
NAGATO. Wide blades with deep curvature. Thick MUNE. KO-MOKUME
with some UZU. GUNOME-MIDARE with TOGARI peaks is held in an
uneven NOTARE-like line. NIE with KINSUJI.
HOTSURE drifts - swept SUNAGASHI runs.
NAGATO SA
YASUYOSHI(1) SHO-HEI 1346
| (CHIKUZEN - Special name: YUKIONI, br: AKI KUNIMITSU)
|___________________________ ___________________ ___________
____|____ ____|__ - brothers - __|______ |
YASUYOSHI(2) EI-TOKU 1381 AKIKUNI(1) NOBUSHIGE |
____|____ | SHI-TOKU 1384 | O-AN 1368 |
YASUYOSHI(3) O-EI 1394 | | |
____|____ | | |
YASUYOSHI(4) BUN-MEI 1469 | | |
_______ __________ __________|__________ ________| |
| ____|____ ____|____ ____|__ ___|___ _|______ |
| YUKISHIGE YOSHINAGA AKIKUNI(2) AKINAGA YUKIKUNI |
| - KA-KICHI 1441 - _|_____ |
| IYEKUNI |
|_ _______________________ ______________________ O-NIN 1467 |
____|___ - brothers - ___|____ ____|____ |
AKIYOSHI(1) EI-KYO 1429 AKIYOSHI EI-KYO 1429 SHIGEKUNI |
____|___ ___|____ EI-KYO 1429 |
AKIYOSHI(2) BUN-MEI 1469 TAKASUKE BUN-MEI 1469 |
______________________ ____________________________________|
____|____ ___|___
YUKITOSHI O-AN 1368 YUKIAKI(1) SHO-HEI 1346
____|____ |______________________
YUKISHIGE SHI-TOKU 1384 ___|___ ___|____
____|____ YUKIAKI(2) O-EI 1394 YUKISUKE(1)
YUKICHIKA O-EI 1394 _______________________| MEI-TOKU 1390
___|____ ___|____
NAGAHIRO BUN-MEI 1469 YUKISUKE(2)
(CHIKUZEN NAGAHIDE) BUN-MEI 1469
_________
HARUAKIRA O-AN 1368
_________
HARUAKIRA EI-SHO 1504
_________
YASUMITSU TEN-MON 1532
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AKISUKE BUN-ROKU 1592
NAGATO SA
"SA YASUYOSHI"
YASUYOSHI SHO-HEI: Son and student. SABUROSAEMON-no-JO. Lived at
FUCHU. There are different stories from different places,
some say he was DOGEN, others say YASUYOSHI(2), that is
second from CHIKUZEN YASUYOSHI(1). Books say there may be
two generations, there may be three. Japanese scholarship
has him either CHIKUZEN YASUYOSHI or his son. YASUYOSHI
spread the SA word throughout the south. Always thought
possibly the real name of SA himself. Sword style is
always arbiter. Brought SA School to NAGATO. Longish
NAMBOKUCHO style TANTO. ITAME with MOKUME HADA - strong.
NOTARE GUNOME with valleys reminiscent of BIZEN
KANEMITSU's undulating GUNOME-CHOJI. A NOTARE-like line
of varying height holds down KO-CHOJI MIDARE between
GUNOME mounds, whereon the tops occasionally become
TOGARI - the YASUYOSHI mark. -Small figures squeeze
together while GUNOME protrudes. YAKIBA tends to widen
subtly in the BOSHI. Known for excellent KO-NIE and
defined NIOI KO-ASHI. There may be KINSUJI, which can be
long and striating. Some pieces show gentle HOTSURE, and
in some SUNAGASHI runs. BOSHI is TSUKI-AGE, SA style, or
JIZO. See CHIKUZEN SA - YASUYOSHI
YASUYOSHI
YASUYOSHI SAKU
SA YASUYOSHI SAKU
CHIKUSHU JU YASUYOSHI
CHOSHU JU YASUYOSHI
YASUYOSHI(2) EI-TOKU (f: SA YASUYOSHI 1): Worked from EI-WA 1375
through EI-TOKU. Other news states O-EI as his place.
ITAME with MASAME. SUGU GUNOME-MIDARE.
YASUYOSHI
CHOSHU JU YASUYOSHI SAKU
CHUSHU DOGEN YASUYOSHI
YASUYOSHI, (URA) CHOSHU JU
AKIKUNI(1) SHI-TOKU (f: YASUYOSHI 2, t: YASUYOSHI 1): SAEMONnoJO.
Also SABEInoJO. SETOSAKI JU. Transferred to NAGATO and
became student of YASUYOSHI. One of the flame-fanners of
the NAGATO SA. Brought the school NAMBOKUCHO style into
O-EI. KO-NIE DEKI HOSO-SUGU that is KO-MIDARE, NOTARE
KO-GUNOME and GUNOME-MIDARE with ASHI. GUNOME is an even
height. His passing: 1422
AKIKUNI(2)KA-KICHI: Late O-EI through to BUN-AN. KO-MIDARE HA and
KO-GUNOME MIDARE.
NOBUSHIGE O-AN (br: AKIKUNI, t: YASUYOSHI): SUGUHA and KO-GUNOME
CHOJI BA.
YUKITOSHI O-AN (t: AKIKUNI): ITAME with MASAME. Made SUGUHA and
GUNOME-MIDARE.
NAGATO SA
YUKISHIGE SHI-TOKU (f: YUKITOSHI): ITAME with MASAME. SUGUHA and
GUNOME HA.
AKIYOSHI(1) KA-KICHI (f: AKIKUNI): Worked from EI-KYO to KA-KICHI.
HOSO-SUGU and KO-GUNOME HA. There were two AKIYOSHIs -
sons of AKIKUNI(1). The brother's YOSHI is that of the
phonetic GI, meaning "justice." He was not AKIYOSHI(2),
his brother's off-spring, working in BUN-MEI.
YUKIKUNI BUN-AN (f: NOBUSHIGE t: AKIKUNI): Made elongated HIRA-
TSUKURI, IHORI-MUNE TANTO - NAMBOKUCHO style. SHIRA-KE
"White" KO-ITAME with MASAME in a JI-NIE veil. HAMON will
be KO-GUNOME MIDARE and GUNOME-MIDARE in defined NIOI and
KO-NIE. HOTSURE is found with SUNAGASHI. NIE can become
KUZURE. KINSUJI.
BOSHI: NOTARE with a swept FUKASHI-KAERI.
IYEKUNI O-NIN (f: YUKIKUNI): ITAME with MASAME. SUGU and GUNOME.
YOSHINAGA MEI-TOKU (t: AKIKUNI): ITAME with MASAME. SUGUHA and
GUNOME-MIDARE.
YUKIAKI(1) SHO-HEI (t: YASUYOSHI): Wide NAMBOKUCHO SUGATA. ITAME
that runs. HOSO-SUGU KO-MIDARE or GUNOME-MIDARE in NIE.
BOSHI: TSUKI-AGE "Thrust" with deep KAERI or KO-MARU.
YUKIAKI(2) O-EI: OEI-style SUGUHA of KO-MIDARE or GUNOME-MIDARE
with SUNAGASHI in NIE.
YUKISUKE(1) MEI-TOKU (f: YUKIAKI): SUGUHA or GUNOME-MIDARE.
YUKISUKE(2) BUN-MEI: SUGU KO-MIDARE or GUNOME-MIDARE.
NIO smiths live in NAGATO: O-EI KIYONAGA BUN-MEI KIYOSADA
EI-KYO KIYOZANE EI-SHO KIYOZANE
HO-TOKU KIYOHARU TEN-MON KIYOTSUGU
CHO-ROKU KIYOTANE
